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St Bartholomew's Hospital

Categories: Medicine

Barts was founded in 1123 by Rahere.

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St Bartholomew's Hospital

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St Bartholomew's Hospital - Victorian extension

{On the frieze above the pillars:} Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, Founded by...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
St Bartholomew's Hospital

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Bart's War Memorial

{Entering the hospital from West Smithfield you walk through an arched passag...

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Whitgift Almshouses / Hospital of the Holy Trinity, Croydon

Whitgift Almshouses / Hospital of the Holy Trinity, Croydon

Erected by Archbishop John Whitgift, after he had petitioned and received permission from Queen Elizabeth I to establish a hospital and school in Croydon. The premises provided accommodation for be...

Building, Medicine

1 memorial
George Qvist

George Qvist

Surgeon to the Royal Free Hospital. Wrote a biography of fellow surgeon John Hunter. Married Dame Frances Violet Gardner (1913-1989), another medical consultant. AIM gives their impressive CVs. We'...

Person, Medicine

1 memorial
Hannah Billig

Hannah Billig

Doctor. Born at 41 Hanbury Street, Spitalfields. Qualified as a doctor in 1925, she set up her first clinic in the east end of London in 1935. During WW2 she was the doctor in charge of air raid sh...

Person, Community / Clubs, Medicine, India, Israel/Palestine

1 memorial
John Sewell

John Sewell

Surgeon of Lower Marsh Lambeth active in 1848.

Person, Medicine

1 memorial

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New River

New River

The so-called New River is actually an aqueduct built 1609 - 1613 from near Ware, Hertfordshire, to Islington to bring fresh water from country springs to the City. It required a 1602 charter from ...

Place, Engineering, Food & Drink

8 memorials
Queen Victoria Memorial

Queen Victoria Memorial

SW1, The Mall

Shame about the nose. On the platform at the unveiling ceremony Brock was made Knight Commander of the Bath.

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud

Founding father of psychoanalysis. Born Morovia. In 1860 the family settled in Vienna where he studied, began his career and married.  In 1875 he visited his half-brothers in Manchester, and again ...

Person, Medicine, Seriously Famous, Austria

2 memorials
Josef Dallos

Josef Dallos

Hungarian-born British ophthalmologist, invented living eye impression technique, 1930. Moved to London with George Nissel in May 1937 and, in Cavendish Square, set up the first contact lens only p...

Person, Medicine, Hungary

1 memorial
Harry Selfridge

Harry Selfridge

Born Wisconsin. Too small to join the navy he became a clerk in a department store, where he rose to manager and then set out on his own. Very successful, he "retired" in 1906, moved to London and ...

Person, Commerce, USA

2 memorials